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COMBINED CRIB AND CRADLE.

No. 293,530. Patented. Feb. 12,1884;

" e/Sys'e UNITED STATES SAMUEL e. siNE, oE

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED CRIB AND CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,530, dated; February 12, 1884.

Application filed August 6, 1883.. (No model.)

To all whom it ntayconcernf'.

Bc it known that I, SAMUEL G. SINE, of

` Peru, county of Miami and State of Indiana,

wise, as in rocking.

' its weight.

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Crib and Cradle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to be used as a childs cradle, and may also be converted into a crib or, stationary bed, and relates to that class of cradles Vwhich are reciprocated end- In order to aid others skilled in the `art to which my invention belongs,I will proceed to describe its construction and operations with reference to the drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-Q i The figure is an elevated side viewof my invention, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The body A of the cradle may be made in any of the usual ways of constructing cradle-` bodies, and need not be described. `At the head end of the cradle I attach, on opposite sides, a rocker consisting of a hub, F, spindles G, and rockenfoot H. Said parts are pivoted on suitable bearings to give a vreciprocating motion endwise Vto the cradle-body A. I attach to the foot end of the body on opposite sides, below the side rails, a bracket, L. To these brackets I attach pivotally a reciprocating bar, C, being pivoted to the brackets L at c. The upper ends of the reciprocating bars C are pivoted at a to stationary posts or pillars B, said pillars being anchored at the lower ends to a horizontal rail or rails, I. Said rails extend lengthwise of the cradle, and support The upper outside corner of each rail is rabbeted, forming an inner shoulder or flange, K. In the rabbeted portion of the rails the rocker-feet H have a bearing. rlhe flanges K prevent the head end of the cradle from working laterally, as in rocking the cradle endwise. casters d Ia', so as to move the cradle fro room to room. l

To convert the cradle into a crib or stationary bed, I prov-ide the hubs -F with a lockpin, O.

Attached to the side rails of the cradlebody are two hasps, M. These hasps are provided with a recess, N.

The rails I are mounted upon To lock the parts from reciprocating, the

.body Aof theV cradle is moved endwise until the turning of the hubs F brings the pins O in line with the recesses N, formed in the hasps,

when said hasp or hasps may be turned down .to a horizontal position, when the pin or pins 0 will pass within the recesses N, thus locking the parts, for the purposes set forth.

As a means for propelling the cradle, I attach to the side, near the center of the body A, the lever E. This lever is provided with a handle at the upper end, and is pivoted to the side of the cradle, and provided with a series of holes'near the center to lengthen or shorten the stroke and to increase or decrease the power of propulsion. To the lower end of this lever I pivot a connecting-bar, D, which extends to the reciprocating arm C, to which it is also pivoted.

It is obvious that as the lever .E is moved at the upper end toward and from the end of the cradlethe body will be caused to reciprocate. It is also obvious that as the cradle is reciprocated the head end is caused to move to and fro ina true line or on a level, While the foot end, by the swinging of the arms C, is caused to slightly rise and fall in its movements.

Having thus described my invention as fully as I can, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a crib, stationary supports therefor, and links connecting the crib at one end with such supports, and rockers,

SAMUEL G. SINE.

Witnesses:

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